When I saw The Corrosive Challenge Blog was featuring Mixed-Media this week, I knew it was time to pull out some more of my Color Burst creations from Art Camp. For this one, I splattered Color Burst around a New York Skyline Mask. After it dried, I outlined the silhouette with an Orange Glitter Pen … Read more
I was thrilled to see my card from last week was featured at the CD Sunday Challenge. This week's theme is Something Old & Something New. I used the new-to-me Party Paws Digikit CD-ROM for my main image and combined it with older stamp sets Sentimentals Friends & Family and Sheena's A Little Bit Sketchy … Read more
When I saw the Use 10 Different Embellishments Challenge at the Moxie Fab World Blog I thought … no problem … my embellishment inventory is tremendous. Since many of my embellishments are feminine (girly buttons, flowers, etc.) I decided to make the challenge a bit more of a stretch (at least for me) and create … Read more
This week at the Corrosive Challenge Blog, the theme is to CASE a design team member. Since I was a guest designer for them in February, I thought it would be fun to go back and CASE one of my own designs (although now that I read the instructions for the challenge a second time, … Read more
Saturday, I ventured to Iowa City for my first Farmers' Market of the season … I love wandering through the booths and exploring. I came home with all sorts of goodies including fresh guacamole, dill cheese curds, bacon wrapped dates, tomatoes, and a beautiful potted begonia. I also stopped at Memories on Fifth for … Read more
Yes, we're getting punny at Jingle Belles again this week (hey, what can I say, we're goofy that way) … this week's prompt is "Let it Sew" … to incorporate some sort of stitching (machine, hand, or faux) into your design. In my recent crafty travels, I picked-up the new We R Memory Keepers Sew … Read more
The theme at the Gingersnap Creations blog this month is the Far East … and today's Spicy Supplly Challenge is Mists. I decided to see how my Glimmer Mists would work on Kraft Cardstock … and I love the results. I stamped Hero Arts Decorative Bamboo in Versamark on Kraft Cardstock and clear embossed (as … Read more
It's my final week to guest design at the Corrosive Challenge Blog … and this week's challenge is Distressing. The ladies at Our Creative Challenge are also providing a De-Stress to Distress Sketch, so I used that for my layout. I combined beautiful new Botanical papers from Prima with Artistic Outpost's Songbirds stamps. I distressed … Read more
I am once again Guest Designing with the fabulous group at the Corrosive Challenge Blog (they're looking for a new Design Team if you want to check it out). The theme for this week's Challenge is Magical Creatures. I went through my stash looking for fairies, dragons or gnomes … but instead went with one of my favorite … Read more
This week at the Corrosive Challenge Blog they have a fantastic sketch to inspire you (and they're taking applications for new Design Team Members). I have the pleasure of guest designing with them for the month of February. The Sketch was perfect for a very special birthday card I needed to make. I found … Read more